Addressing the Workforce and Staffing Crisis in Nursing Homes Introduction The U.S. nursing home sector is facing an unprecedented workforce and staffing crisis. With 99% of facilities reporting open positions and a 7.6% decline in workforce since 2020, nursing homes struggle to maintain mandated staff-to-resident ratios. High turnover, soaring agency staff costs, and widespread
Introduction Post-acute and skilled nursing centers face mounting pressures: staffing shortages, complex reimbursement changes, stringent regulatory requirements and growing cost constraints. As care models evolve, leaders must find innovative ways to maintain high-quality outcomes while optimizing operational efficiency. Fortunately, large language models in healthcare and agentic systems in healthcare are emerging as powerful cognitive
Aculabs is proud to share that our laboratory director, Rita Khoury, MD., recently had the opportunity to present several papers at the College of American Pathologists (CAP) 2025 meeting. While at the conference, Dr. Khoury sat down and spoke about her findings regarding Vitamin D testing with Medscape, a leading healthcare publication. "Orders for
UnitedHealthcare (UHC) has announced upcoming significant changes that will directly impact reimbursement for routine laboratory testing. Beginning December 1, 2025, UHC will implement new reimbursement policies for Commercial, Individual Family Plans, and Medicare Advantage Plans. Per UnitedHealthcare's Reimbursement Policy Update Bulletin for September 2025 :Effective December 1, 2025, UnitedHealthcare will apply automated post-service, pre-payment policy enforcement to